Mops are so 2004
The future is now. Since 2002, iRobot, makers of the Roomba line of vacuums have been pitching us on the idea of robotically cleaning our carpets. They are now releasing third generation Roombas that can be scheduled to perform their vacuum tasks. But up until now, the dirtiest room in the house, the kitchenÁ-?s floor, was left to the mop.

Welcome in the era of the Scooba, a robot that is more than a mop. A machine that takes a special Clorox cleaning solution, safe for even hardwood floors, and scrubs your floor clean. Sound good? TechLife, thought so too, so we got one for the Á-°lab.Á-?

More after the jump…

Set and Forget
To use this cleaning robot, follow these simple instructions. First fill a small measuring cup (included) with special Clorox liquid developed for the Scooba. Dump that into the holding tank. Then fill up the rest of the holding tank with warm water. Place your Scooba in the middle of the kitchen (assuming granite, linoleum, ceramic, or wood floors) press the Power button and then the Clean button. The Scooba whirs to life.

In a single moment, it first sucks up small particles. It then sprays some of the diluted solution onto the floor, followed by a scrubbing mechanism. It follows this with a squeegee and wet vacuum. It moves continuously repeating this entire process.

The rest of the machine is extremely advanced too by beginning to clean in a circular motion, until it contacts an object ever so lightly. At which point itÁ-?s advanced learning begins to go off and map the room, while still cleaning. It follows a semi-methodical system where it contacts an object and turns to go off in another direction cleaning as it goes the whole time.

I picked up chairs in our test kitchen to avoid entanglements. The Scooba didnÁ-?t seem to mind when it got stuck near a wall, it just gave that area an extra cleaning while it figured out how to extricate itself after a few seconds. As it journeyed along it seemed to do a better job than a human, by scrubbing in area about four times during the cleaning. (I have to admit I usually quit after one scrubbing.) At the end of the cycle it chimes to remind you to empty it.

Baths or Showers?
Did you catch I said Á-°empty it?Á-? That is because the ScoobaÁ-?s best feature is emptying it. Not many people would take a bath in dirty water most people take showers instead. A showerÁ-?s main advantage is that clean water uses gravity to escape down the drain, leaving us cleaning in a constantly clean water supply. The Scooba is the same.

I used to fill up a bucket, stick an old (and likely dirty mop head) into a new bucket of warm, soapy water and begin to clean my floor. I would then get more soap on the mop by dunking the mop head in the bucket. It took iRobot to show me that there are two problems here. Problem one is I am basically spreading the dirt around the floor during cleaning, pretty gross. Even more disgusting is that I attempt to clean my floor with a solid helping of mop water that has been Á-°rinsingÁ-? the dirty mop. Basically, I was taking dirty water and spreading it around my floor.

This is where the Scooba really shines. It has a second holding tank in the body of the unit. This tank is where the dirty water goes. It gets sucked into the tank after being squeegeed off the floor. This keeps the clean water clean the whole time, and holds the dirty water for disposal.

TechLife Final
The Scooba does a great job for cleaning floors. It has a really smart brain that cleans and dries the floor as it goes. It can be emptied and the process repeated in a new room. I find myself with cleaner floors more often after about a month of using the machine. If something really sticky like jelly or syrup is dried on the floor it canÁ-?t scrub it off. That still requires the Á-?ole elbow grease. It does miss corners a little too. Overall, for $399.00 this is a very complete and useful system even if you have a cleaning lady once a week. Best of all it runs on rechargeable batteries, does your cleaning lady?

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